Founded in 1999, New World Pasta is one of the leading branded dry pasta manufacturers in the United States and Canada. The company provides a variety of products under several brands, such as Ronzoni, Creamette, San Giorgio, American Beauty, Prince, Skinner and Light 'n Fluffy. Its manufacturing plants are located in California, Missouri and Virginia. New World Pasta is a privately owned company that operates Ronzoni Foods Canada, which manufactures pasta meals in Canada. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebro Puleva, S.A., which is one of the world's leading food companies that manufactures pasta dishes for private-labels and sells pasta products to institutional customers.
In 1912, Ciraco Verdelli and his family left Italy to start a fresh life in the United States. The family worked at quarries and on vegetable farms for the next 12 years. When the owner of the farm gave up the business, the Verdellis leased 60 acres, and with just one horse, began what would become Verdelli Farms. The farm offers fresh retail and institutional fruits and vegetables. Verdelli Farms offers produce such as apples, broccoli, peppers, spinach, melons and zucchini. Located in Harrisburg, Pa., Verdelli Farms also offers dips and trays. In its third generation of family ownership, Verdelli Farms was founded in 1924.
Hershey Creamery Company is a full-line packaged and frozen novelty ice cream plant. Hershey Creamery s 31 distribution centers manufacture and distribute millions of gallons of ice cream annually to more than 28,000 retail outlets in more than 20 states. Available products include three-gallon cans, half-gallons, square pints, novelties, sherbet quarts and individual slices. Hershey has attracted an assortment of retailers to market their product, from restaurants, to colleges, to fast food locations, to independently owned parlors and the military. Jacob N. Hershey founded the Hershey Creamery Company in 1894.
